Car-coupling



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

D. E., KELLEY.

GAR COUPLING.

Patented Oct. 31, 1.882.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.- D. E. KELLEY.

GAR COUPLING. No. 266,839. Patented Oct. 31, 1882.

IN VENTOR ATTORN HY S.

Nrra TATES ATEN'I rrrca,

DANIEL E. KELLEY, OF GAYLORD, KANSAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,839, dated October 31, 1382. Application filed August 26, 1882. (X0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL E. KELLEY, of Gaylord, in the county of Smith and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-couplings, and has for its object to enable the ready and easy coupling and uncoupling of the cars Without danger to the operator.

The nature of the invention consists in the employment of mechanism for operating or elevating the couplingpin, and for guiding the link into theapproaching drzuv-head, substan tially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isa side view of my improved car-coupling. Fig. 2 is-a horizontal section thereof, taken on a plane above the upper link guide-bar. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

In carrying out my invention I employ a draw-head, A, of the usual construction, and supported to have alimited longitudinalmovement .betwecn timbers or bars a, fastened to the under side of the car, the rear portion, a, of said draw-head also extending back under the car. The draw-head extension a has shoulders b b, one arranged at its upper side and the other at its lower side, the function of which will be explained hereinafter.

B is the coupling-pin, of the ordinary form, and adapted to fit into a vertical aperture of the draw-head A.

U is a lever fulcru med at its rear end, at 0, between lugs 0 of the draw-head, and having its forward end adapted to connect with the upper end of the coupling-pin.

Dis a bail-shaped lever, with its forward end arranged crosswise of and underneath the lever O, and having the rearends ofits side bars secured to an axis or fulcrum, G, supported in lugs or supports on a cross-piece of the side bars or timbers, a. Upon this same axis or shaft are secured notched wheels or ratchets E, with which engage spring-pawls e, pivoted to the side bars or timbers, a. At the ends of the same shaft are hand-wheels E, arranged upon the outside of the side bars or timbers, a, to enable the operation of uncoupling the cars to be performed with safety l4 the operator. These pawls are connected to gethcr by a cross-bar, f, which is arranged con tiguously to the shoulders I) on the draw-head as seen in Fig. 3.

Arranged upon the under side of the draw head, near the side bars or timbers, (t, is k shaft, F, carrying ratchets G, with which alsr engage spring-pawls g, hung on the sides 0 the timbers or side bars, (6. To this shaft i: also applied a handle or crank, h.

H Ll are levers, arranged two on each sidr of the draw-head, the levers H being fulcrumet near their center and the levers H at their in ner ends. The two levers on each side of tlu draw-head are connected together by alink, i and to beveled cross-barsjj. These bars art arrangedin the draw-head, the lower one being disposed in front of the coupling-pin and in a plane below the incoming link, and the uppei one disposed in rear of the coupling-pin and ii: a plane aboutthelink,said bars passingthrough vertical slots 70 in the sides of the draw-head to permit their attachment to the levers and their vertical adjustment or movement, as presently set forth. The inner ends of the lower levers, H, are connected by L-shaped pitinen l cccentrically to the ratchets G.

It will be observed that by turning either ol the hand wheels E in the required direction the bail-shaped lever 1) will be lifted, which in turn will lift the lever U and. cause the elevation of the coupling-pin, which will be retained in such position by the springpawls e, and thus admit the coupling-link into the draw head. The incoming link of the approaching car will be guided centrally into the draw-head by turning the handle or crank hin the required direction, which will cause the partial rotation of the ratchet-wheels G,in turn operating the levers H H, carrying the cross bars j j, and cause the latter to approach and guide the link, as above stated.

It will be further observed that after the entrance ofthe coupling-link, and upon the meet ing of the draw-heads of the approaching cars, the movement of the draw-heads will cause the shoulders I) 1) thereof to act upon the pawls c g, so as to disengage them from the notched and ratchet wheels E G, when the coupling-pin will fall and effect the coupling of the cars, and the bars j will be removed from contact with :oupling-link and returned to their original mt position from the link. 1e coupling, when applied toahouse-car,has in-lift ing lever D connected to the top of :ar by a cord, line, or chain, J, to allow the )upling operation to be effected therefrom, avoiding the necessity of the brakeman or 'ator descending to a lower point for that )ose.

aving thus fully described my invention, .t I claim, and desire to secure by Letters cut, is-

In a car-coupling, the combination, with coupling-pin, of the notched wheels, their ngpawls and shaft having the bail-shaped ,r, and the lifting-lever connected to the pling-pin, and having the bail-shaped 1earranged underneath and crosswise of it, stantially as and for the purpose set forth. In a car-coupling, the combination, with coupling-pin, its lifting-lever, the bailped lever, with its forward end arranged lerneath and crosswise of the pin-lifting er, and having its side-bars connected to an s or shaft provided with notched wheels or :hets engaged by spring-pawls, of the movdraw head provided with shoulders arged on their upper sides contiguously to said spring-pawls, substantially as and for purpose set forth. In a car-coupling, the combination, with slotted draw-head, of the levers arranged on each side thereof, with their forward is connected to cross-bars arranged one in lane below the incoming link and in front the coupling-pin and the other in a plane We the link and behind the pin, said levers n g connected together between their pivots,

the L-shaped pitmen, and the ratchets engaged by spring-pawls, the shaft of the latter having means for its operation, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a ear-coupling, the combination, with the cross-bars arranged one in a plane below the incoming link andin front of the coupling-pin and the other in a plane above the link and behind the pin, levers connected to said cross bars and connected together between their pivotal points, the L-shaped pitmen and the ratchet-wheels having a handled shaft and engaged by sprin g-pawls, of the movin g slotted draw-head having a shoulder on its lower side adapted to disengage said pawls from their ratchets, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a car-coupling, the combination of the coupling-pin, its lifting-lever, the bail-shaped lever with its forward cross-piece arranged underneath and crosswise of the pin-lifting lever, and having its side bars or arms connected to .a shaft carrying a notched wheel engaged by a spring-pawl, and the cross-bars, ar-

. ranged one in a plane below the incoming link 

